SHRIKE. 63 



being two inches and a quarter shorter than the outer, producing a 

 more considerable fork — the number in all twelve ; the bill and legs 

 are lead-colour ; plumage in general black, with a bright blue gloss. 

 Inhabits India. 



66— BRONZED SHRIKE. 



Drongo bronze, Levail. A/r.iv. 75. pi. 176. 



SIZE of the second species. Bill and legs black ; general colour 

 of the plumage above black, with a most brilliant changeable blue 

 gloss, like bronze, in some lights appearing green ; belly, sides, and 

 under tail coverts dull black grey ; under parts of the wings and tail 

 black ; the last forked ; the hairs about the nostrils point forwards, 

 and there is a large oval patch of black under the eye. 



Inhabits Bengal. I observe some of these among some drawings 

 from India, said to be found in Hindustan, and named Bujunga. 



67— RAJAH SHRIKE. 



LENGTH eleven or twelve inches. General colour of the 

 plumage brownish black, inclining most to red-brown on the wings ; 

 the body is very stout for the size ; bill black, crooked at the tip, 

 and furnished with several stout bristles from the base of the upper 

 mandible, arising among the feathers ; nostrils conspicuous ; tail four 

 inches and a half long, but the feathers seem unequal in length ; 

 those which lie uppermost the shortest : hence we may suppose the 

 shape to be forked ; the wings reach very little beyond the base ; legs 

 dusky black, stout. 



From the drawings of Lord Mountnorris ; called Banga rajah. 



